April 6, 2011

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Prairie View A&M’s Robert Williams and Mississippi Valley State’s Xandria Cash were named the SWAC Track and Field Athletes of the Week, the conference announced on Wednesday.

Williams (Sr., Sweeny, Texas) won the 200m dash at the Shirley Crowe Invitational. He crossed the line in a season’s best 21.53 and aided the 4x400m relay team to a first-place finish in 3:13.72.

Cash (Sr., Houston, Texas) earned 16 points in two events for the Devilettes at the UCA Invitational. She won the 400m dash in 56.11 and took third in the 200m dash in 25.52.